Description
In Mildred Pierce , noir master James M. Cain creates a novel of acute social observation and devasting emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable.
Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two a yen for shiftless men, and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter.
Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two a yen for shiftless men, and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
298 pages
Language
English
Published
May 1, 1989
Publisher
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Editions
71 editions
ISBN-10
0679723218
ISBN-13
9780679723219